About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0057
  • TitleAlas, the poor bookie!
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CRIM 0058), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Alas, the poor bookie!--... An indication as to just how open the bookies operate in the borough is given in these before (0057) and after (0058) pictures made of a shack at Johnson and Adams St. just opposite the Federal Building which houses the post office and federal courts. ... A bookmaker was arrested inside the shack and is facing a hearing in Special Sessions Court." 0058 includes a fire hydrant in the foreground.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 6 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped. Date stamped on verso: Jan. 10, 1950y photo. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBook-making (Betting) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire hydrants -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Gambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Huts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Gambling: Bookmaking